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Word: spindle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An upright skewering.
  • A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
  • A worldwide tree of the genus ''Euonymus'', originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
  • (''spinning'') A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

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Verb:

  • To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
  • To make into a long tapered shape.

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